For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone.
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Nada Mas (only the poem)
Reader, your voice is the poem
you are the words; and
nothing more.
Reader, there is no poetry
unless you speak it.
Reader, there is no sound
you must find what it has to say.
Reader, seek the thought
rising from your soul.
Reader, look all about you, up and down
no one else has come this way.
Reader, there is no other poem
only you among the words of the word; and
nothing more.
poem by Smoky Hoss
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I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
quote by Robert A. Heinlein
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Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it.
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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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Never insult anyone by accident.
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There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
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Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.
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Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.
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Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you - if you don't play, you can't win.
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Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary confinement for life.
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The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
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I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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The stars incline, but do not impel.
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